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Thousands of nominations have rolled in for the title of Britain's Best Local Restaurant 2025.
Voting for the Good Food Guide’s annual ranking of the finest neighbourhood restaurants in the country closes on April 16, but currently there’s one London restaurant in the mix to scoop the main prize: Cinder in swanky St John’s Wood.
The Good Food Guide has released the names of the 13 restaurants leading the charge for the title of Britain's Best Local Restaurant 2025. Alongside Cinder, there frontrunners include Fino in Cromer, Porter & Rye in Glasgow, Skosh in York, and Matt’s Kitchen in Bruton. Nominations are still open and the full list of 100 will be revealed later this year. May the best resto win!
Cinder specialises in ‘food cooked by fire’, and head chef/owner Jake Finn is at the helm. The St John’s Wood branch is the second location for Cinder; the first opened in Belsize Park in 2021. The seasonal menu features the likes of BBQ octopus with potato salad and pickled cucumber, mackerel with avocado and chilli crunch and chicken leg, with harrisa yoghurt and herb salad. Dishes are cooked over coals in a Josper oven.
Finn is a regular at Meatopia and previously worked at La Petite Maison and The Ritz. Cinder began live as a home delivery service during lockdown back in 2020.
Cinder, 5 St John's Wood High St, NW8 7NG.
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